So according to Putin, it is ok for the State to confiscate private and communal property during campaigns of persecuting minorities? Moscow is obligated to right the wrongs of the tyrannical regime that it succeeded. This means giving back property stolen from citizens of the State. This is a NO-brainer really, at least it would be in a real democracy.

Putin: "Returning property belonging to someone else would be a truly moral act. Therefore, we cannot do so."
Putin: "Stopping the murder going on in Syria would be the right and moral thing to do. Therefore, we cannot allow it."
When will the Russian people see this cheap dictator for what he is: An amoral tyrant.

all the books and scrolls that were stolen and are in Russia be given back to their rightful owners. But I also suggest that the treasures in art, valuable writings, sculptures and ancient artifacts that are in the museums of the world and were stolen be sent back to the countries they were stolen, or to the owners. In that i include money from WWII in swiss banks, statues at the Louvre, British Museum and the Berlin Museum among many..